All articles by Hayley Kirton
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News£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths.
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NewsRevealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive
The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.
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NewsThousands seek partial retirement in just three months
More than 3,000 NHS staff have applied for partial retirement in the first three months of the rules on pension claims for staff doing so being changed, new data has revealed.
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News‘Horrifying’ failure to provide safety warnings for high-risk medicine
Concerns have been raised that patients may not be receiving “vital” safety information after HSJ discovered a high-risk medication was frequently not being dispensed as originally packaged.
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs paying a third of care home bills late
Several commissioning boards have been routinely failing to pay the money they owe to care homes in a timely fashion.
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NewsMinisters issue ‘unwise, unnecessary and risky’ reconfiguration rules
More details have been revealed on how and when the health secretary will be able to intervene with changes to local NHS services.
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NewsThirteen trusts write off £1.3m in overpayments to staff
Thirteen trusts were responsible for just over half of £2.6m overpayments to staff written off by NHS providers last year, data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsTory leadership candidate appointed health minister
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.
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NewsDon’t panic when staff leave, NHSE advises managers
New NHS England guidance has advised line managers to ‘remain calm’, ‘not panic’, and ‘show kindness’ when handling staff resignations.
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NewsNHS pension contribution rates cut for the highest earners
Government has revealed changes to the contribution rates for the NHS pension scheme, including a reduction in the percentage paid by top earners.
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NewsSharp rise in opt-outs from NHS pension
The number of people opting out of the NHS pension scheme trebled last year, according to its most recent set of accounts.
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NewsExclusive: Police seeking access to medical notes of thousands of rape victims
Police have made more than 20,000 requests to access the medical notes of NHS patients receiving mental healthcare in the past five years, figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Income 20 pounds, expenditure 20 pounds ought and six, result s.114
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton.
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NewsLabour ward staffing shortages restrict use of beneficial drug
Staffing shortages are likely to restrict the use of a beneficial painkiller in birthing suites, even once its use has been recommended by national guidance.
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NewsRevealed: the huge growth in long-term prescription of strong painkillers
Almost 180,000 patients have been prescribed strong painkillers every month for two years, a rise of over a third compared to levels recorded just before the pandemic, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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NewsConcerns over patient monitoring as anti-depressant use surges
Coroners have raised multiple warnings about the way a commonly-used medication is being prescribed to at-risk patients, HSJ has found.
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NewsVaccination programme proposed for illness with ‘considerable NHS impact’
The government has been advised to introduce a vaccination programme for respiratory syncytial virus for infants and older adults.
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NewsOutcry over 123 rejected ‘new hospital’ bids
Multiple trusts have expressed disappointment at being overlooked in the government’s latest announcement on the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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NewsWhat’s changed in the ‘new hospitals’ programme?
HSJ has mapped and charted how the projects in the new hospitals programme have changed following government’s announcement today.
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NewsSurge in patients needing help with NHS expenses, figures reveal
The number of people applying for help with healthcare expenses has risen sharply in the last year.